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All Saints Sunday: Jesus Shows Up

November 7, 2021

Jesus, God in the flesh, shows up. He joins Mary and Martha mourning the death of a brother they have loved, and Jesus cries with them. I don’t know about you, but that is a God I can believe in: one who shows up alongside us, becomes present to us, is in it with us. The God we worship is a God who shows up. … More All Saints Sunday: Jesus Shows Up

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Wealth, Empathy, and Compassion

October 11, 2021

Jesus calls each of us to consider whether wealth keeps us disconnected from others and limits our capacity for empathy, causing us to turn in on ourselves or overlook the plight of our neighbor. … More Wealth, Empathy, and Compassion

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Now Is the Time to Welcome

September 19, 2021

Jesus describes a world where there is no greatest or least, or lives that matter and lives that don’t, but where each person has God-given dignity and everyone finds a welcome. … More Now Is the Time to Welcome

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We Are All Mothers of God

August 15, 2021

We are called by God and given the opportunity to give birth to justice that reorders the world and makes things right. We are the ones who will make space for God’s work to be done in the world. What good is it to us if Mary gave birth to the Son of God and we do not also give birth to the Son of God here in our world today? … More We Are All Mothers of God

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Bread of Life from Heaven

August 1, 2021

When Jesus says he is the bread of life from heaven, I think this is what he means: Even when the world makes you feel like death, you can come to this table and receive life. So, come and eat. Taste and see that the Lord is good. … More Bread of Life from Heaven

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